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Reports on insurgency in Iraq and the United States-led military occupation. Idea that President George W. Bush is contemplating a rapid exit from Iraq and how it would affect Saudi Arabia; Efforts to shift more authority to a new Iraqi government; Discussion of whether the guerrilla movement is growing, the similarity between "Iraqification" and Vietnamization, and how American administrator Paul Bremer will hand off political power; Outlook for Ahmad Chalabi to be installed as leader; Reaction of King Fahd to terrorism in Riyadh; Saudi raids on suspected al Qaeda operatives; View that establishing a democracy in the Middle East will be more difficult for President Bush.